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Industry Upset Over Prison Defense Contracts
By military.com - Bryant Jordan
Published: 10/19/2012

Business owners competing for the withering number of U.S. military contracts face a surprising competitor -- American prisoners.

Business owners are crying foul over the number of clothing contracts -- including those for military uniforms -- awarded to Federal Prison Industries, also known as UNICOR.

UNICOR has earned a bevy of Army clothing contracts recently. It manufactures the Army’s Improved Physical Fitness Uniform, and from 2007 to 2011 the company produced about 40 percent of the Army Combat Uniform.

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